by Alex Harmsen | Jun 25, 2019
How I came out as trans while a business leader in tech It’s the middle of June, late in the morning when the summer fog starts to burn off and concede to the California sunshine filtering softly through the window. I’m sitting across from Alex, my boss and CEO of the...
by Alex Harmsen | Oct 30, 2018
SALINA – The Kansas Department of Transportation is starting the testing phase of the Integration Pilot Program this week. Flights by Iris Automation will focus on enabling new detect and avoid capabilities for drones. Iris Automation will be testing its...
by Alex Harmsen | Jan 18, 2018
San Francisco – January 18th, 2018: Iris Automation, the leading provider of collision avoidance for commercial drones, today announced an $8 million Series A financing round to fund the development of crucial unlocking technologies for the autonomous flying...
by Alex Harmsen | Nov 28, 2017
Iris Automation would like to congratulate our own Dr. Alejando Galindo, Head of Research and Development, for being named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 2017 Innovators Under 35! Reproduced from the MIT Technology Review. Drones are on fashion. A few years...
by Alex Harmsen | Oct 11, 2017
Reproduced from UAS Vision. Iris Automation took the BCIC 3rd Prize package and BC Resource Industry Prize in 2016. Since then, the venture has raised 1.5 million for their collision avoidance system for drones. We caught up with them to get their best tips for this...
